Method of and apparatus for separating seeds from a juice/juice sac slurry
US4981220A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07B13/113
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for separating and removing seeds from a juice/juice sac slurry. In one embodiment of the present invention, a juice/juice sac slurry is deposited onto the upper surface of an inclined, vibrating bed. The bed includes a plurality of ridges and valleys that form channels, and a plurality of pins and dams projecting upwardly from the bed. The high frequency vibrations imparted to the bed cause the juice sacs to travel up the bed to a point where they are collected while the seeds bounce off and tumble down the bed to another point where they are collected and discarded. Also disclosed and described are apparatuses for and methods of extracting fruit meat sections from a whole fruit, and an apparatus for and method of separating sectional membranes from the fruit meat section to produce the juice/juice sac slurry.
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